O soul, are you weary and troubled

O soul, are you weary and troubled. Helen H. Lemmel* (1863-1961). Words and music are found on an undated song sheet consisting of three stanzas and refrain in the British Library, published by the National Sunday School Union. The copyright of the words and music, both by Lemmel, is dated 1922; but it does not appear in Lemmel’s Glad Songs, published in that year, which suggests that it was written too late for inclusion. It was entitled ‘The Heavenly Vision’. On the sheet Lemmel said that she had been reading a pamphlet by a missionary, Lilias Trotter (1853-1928), entitled Focussed, which exhorted the reader to ‘turn your eyes upon Him. Look full into His face, and you will find that...